President Obama is using a Cold War-era mind-control technique known as “Delphi” to coerce Americans into accepting his plan for a United Nations-run communist dictatorship in which suburbanites will be forcibly relocated to cities.

Empty every pew, loot every coffer, disband every level of the hierarchy, take all their property and turn it over to secular authorities to be managed ethically and rationally. And if you’re still attending church…what the hell is wrong with you?

16th-century astronomer Tycho Brahe probably not murdered with mercury poisoning. One theory even had Johannes Kepler as the perpetrator! Morning Heresy fun fact: "Kepler" was the nickname my wife and I used for my son Toby when he was still a-gestatin'.

I know that a lot of you net-dwelling skepto-atheists have already seen this, but I just saw it this morning. Atheists are wrong because there's not enough water on Earth without God!!!! Best part? "Now what atheists?"

Woman in Canada is refused a haircut by a Muslim barber, and she sues.

Our natural morality can be corrupted by faith and dogma, whether religious or fascist, and whether enforcing state economies or the free market. But we can test fascism and the free market by how they match up to reality, while religious claims hide their testability in a supposed afterlife. That makes it important to keep religious faith and dogma out of political decision-making.

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Paul Fidalgo has been communications director of the Center for Inquiry since 2012. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, and has worked previously for FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy and the Secular Coalition for America. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids. His blog is Near-Earth Object, and he tweets at @paulfidalgo.